• Chinese Space Station, Rovers and Mars Mission (First space station module for Oct. this year)
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[RELEASE] [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkISRZUdMaM/ThsmoAMHDaI/AAAAAAAAMAA/TPBsB4FxRDI/s1600/tiangong.jpg[/IMG] Photo of the Tiangong 1 module undergoing testing earlier in 2011. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office [URL=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-06/09/c_13920425.htm]China's second moon orbiter Chang'e-2 on June 9, 2011 set off from its moon orbit for outer space about 1.5 million km away from the earth.[/URL] * Scientists decided to let it carry out additional exploratory tasks as the orbiter still had fuel in reserve. * Scientists hope the satellite can continue operations until the end of 2012. * Besides the current operations, China's ambitious three-stage moon mission will include a moon landing and launch of a moon rover around 2012 in the second phase. In the third phase, another rover will land on the moon and return to earth with lunar soil and stone samples for scientific research around 2017. [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_1]Tiangong 1 (English: Heavenly Palace) is a Chinese orbital laboratory module intended to form part of a space station complex. The launch of this module is planned for October 2011.[/URL] * The 8.5-tonne Tiangong-1 will be put into preset orbit in 2011 [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5KJYIBLWAIM/Thsm05887BI/AAAAAAAAMAE/tGNFKTqI1vE/s1600/Chinese_large_orbital_station.png[/IMG] The space module is expected to carry out China's first space docking, with the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, which will be launched in the second half of 2011 after Tiangong-1. The source said experts are currently building the Shenzhou-8 and testing the Long March II-F carrier rocket on which the Tiangong-1 is expected to be launched. Two other spacecraft, the Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spaceships, will be launched in 2012 and will also dock with Tiangong-1 [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program]The third phase of the lunar exploration program is planned for 2017, entailing the use of the CZ-5/E heavy launch vehicle[/URL]. On the basis of the lander mission, a lunar sample return mission will be undertaken, with up to two kilograms of lunar samples being returned to Earth. After that, a manned lunar landing might be possible in 2025–2030. [B]China-Russian Mars Exploration[/B] [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Mars_exploration_program]Yinghuo-1 is a joint Chinese-Russian Mars-exploration space probe scheduled for launch in 2013.[/URL] The probe will be 750cm long, 750 cm wide and 600 mm high. Weighing 115 kg, it is designed for a two-year mission, according to Chen Changya, a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering. [B]China Mars Plans[/B] [URL=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/02/content_12098454.htm]The China Academy of Space Technology, designers of the Shenzhou spacecraft and lunar probes, is trying to draft a technical plan for Mars exploration.[/URL] The Mars probe will be "intelligent" enough to detect faults and correct them by itself, and able to navigate without relying on commands sent from Earth. Another obstacle to be overcome involves establishing a monitoring network for deep space, consisting of large-caliber antennas and communication facilities, which China is currently constructing. Qian Weiping, chief designer of the lunar probe Chang'e-2 mission's tracking and control system, said in January that the network will be completed in 2016. The network's partial completion in 2012 will provide enough support for a Mars probe. [/RELEASE] Source: [url]http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/china-space-station-lunar-rovers-and.html[/url]
And now the Patriotic Americans get upset.
please start a new space race please start a new space race...
The chances of another race are pretty much nil so long as they can't even manage their own debt. I can't see NASA getting the funds to pull that shit in the near future. Cool to see though that China has nowhere the flight time as Russia or the US and they are already building station modules.
I don't know, the economic and scientific rivalry between China and the US has sort of stuck in the public conscious.
[QUOTE=Obama Yo Momma;31054095]And now the Patriotic Americans get upset.[/QUOTE] Hey, I say the more help the merrier.
Go China, now that NASA is pretty much out of the game the field is open. I'm hoping for other nations to join in aswell.
[QUOTE=Obama Yo Momma;31054095]And now the Patriotic Americans get upset.[/QUOTE] Queue the choir of: "The Chinese are massing for war! They can't be better then us! Waaah"
Communism and lack of human rights gets shit [i]done[/i].
Excellent. Good to know that space exploration is continuing.
Somebody leaked footage of their previous test rockets (WARNING: Not for faint of heart) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJM-j8PLW-c[/media]
[QUOTE=Samuelgames;31058114]I don't think you're talking about China[/QUOTE] China has one of those but not the other
Unfortunately I don't see a space race happening. While the Americans aren't extremely close with the Chinese, the relationship is nothing like with the Soviet Union. Good for them though, the more nations recognizing the importance of space research the better. If only they'd get the whole democracy wheel spinning. [QUOTE=Obama Yo Momma;31054095]And now the Patriotic Americans get upset.[/QUOTE] Honestly, I believe that would be a good thing, because then people would actually be interested in space travel. If I told another American about this, they most likely wouldn't care, which is, in my opinion, terrible. Upset Americans competing with the Soviet Union is what made it so that only 50 years after the first flight over the Atlantic, we were already on the moon, which is quite amazing.
[QUOTE=larrylumpy;31054432]please start a new space race please start a new space race...[/QUOTE] Oh god yes, it won't matter who wins, we'll definitely establish a footholdout there. [editline]11th July 2011[/editline] Wouldn't it be the best dream ever if they unified an effort to get a moon colony up and running, *nerdgasam* What the fuck
[QUOTE=ZapDing;31058107]Somebody leaked footage of their previous test rockets (WARNING: Not for faint of heart) [/QUOTE] Hahaha, I thought I was the only one here who played that.
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